Memoirs of an Unfit Mother
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Anne Robinson learned early on that success in the male-dominated journalism industry came at a price -- and her daring, single-minded foray into that world wreaked havoc in her troubled marriage, a desperate struggle with alcohol abuse, and a sensational, highly publicized custody battle. Now, Britain's highest-paid female broadcaster, an outspoken, celebrated, and often controversial survivor -- best known to Americans as the notorious host of the television quiz show The Weakest Link -- opens up about her past, motherhood, feminist ideals, real life, and her miraculous, always-surprising relationship with her filmmaker daughter, Emma Wilson.
"If I had been Bridget Jones's mother I would have put her on a diet and told her to get a decent haircut and a facial once a month."
Theirs is a mother-daughter bond that has held them together through hardship and hilarity and phenomenal good fortune -- and was captured in Travels with My Unfit Mother, Emma's documentary of their drive across America. What is it like to grow up in the shadow of a celebrity mother? What is it like to see your gifted, independent daughter blossom in ways that remind you of yourself -- and ways in which you could not be more different? Anne Robinson considers these questions but asks many more -- in a sharp-eyed and moving account that speaks to all women.
"If I had been Bridget Jones's mother I would have put her on a diet and told her to get a decent haircut and a facial once a month."
Theirs is a mother-daughter bond that has held them together through hardship and hilarity and phenomenal good fortune -- and was captured in Travels with My Unfit Mother, Emma's documentary of their drive across America. What is it like to grow up in the shadow of a celebrity mother? What is it like to see your gifted, independent daughter blossom in ways that remind you of yourself -- and ways in which you could not be more different? Anne Robinson considers these questions but asks many more -- in a sharp-eyed and moving account that speaks to all women.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0743448987
ISBN13:9780743448987
Release Date:November 2004
Publisher:Gallery Books
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.72 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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The best biography you'll read for a long time
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This woman is human! You can relate to her in so many ways. Bravo to Annie for turning her life around and regaining the daughter she lost! The reader can feel the pain she experienced when she lost her daughter and when she lost her mother to Alzheimer's. Liverpool is vividly depicted and you will journey with Anne on her bumpy road to success. This book is about pursuing dreams and overcoming the obstacles to make it happen. You only wish you had someone like Anne to advise you on life. She tells it like it is without any whitewash on herself.
Cheers to Anne Robinson!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
If you think you know all there is to know about Ms. Robinson, then you obviously haven't read her book: "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother". I found this to be one of the few - in a large selection of books - that I could not put down. In this autobiography, Ms. Robinson describes her early years as a young girl in Liverpool to working at a newpaper on Fleet Street. The difficulty she experienced as a woman, unprepared for marriage, and the heartbreak of losing a daughter. Her battle with alcoholism, and her comeback to the newspaper business. Ms. Robinson has lead a roller coaster of a life, and it's not over yet. Whether you love or hate her, there's no doubt we'll be seeing more of her, and I for one hope it will be for quite a long while. She may be the Queen of Mean, but she's quite a lady.
What a woman!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I have listened to this book on CD's not once but twice. Anne Robinson reads her work and does it with wit, sadness, honesty, and intelligence.She pulled out all stops and doesn't give herself any slack. I found myself laughing in parts and even crying in parts. She talks about her life from childhood to the present and her success on The Weakest Link.She's my hero!
Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I bought the book yesterday and can already say that I love it. Anne Robinson sheds the "Host from Hell" image and reveals sensitive and touching stories about her roles as daughter, mother, wife, journalist and pop icon. A must-read for all "Weakest Link" fans. Goodbye!
The Side We Haven't Seen of Anne
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
I absolutely loved this book. There can be no doubt that I do love the style of Anne Robinson on The Weakest Link. She has captivated me by her presnece and british quick-wit style. Some would take her as "The Queen of Mean", a hostile woman with no feeling, but this book has proven that myth wrong. Though she feels she has given her daughter a poor upbringing, and the guilt of this weighs still on her mind, she has proven herself to be very loving, and very much like your everyday, shop-aholic, hard working mother, daughter, sister, and friend. One could only be very blessed to know her personally. She could only give excitement to your life. I could not put this book down, I had to have it surgically removed from my fingers! :)I hope she will continue to write, she has an especially wonderful sense of the english language, as being in journalism for over 30 years, and she has all her chairs in place. (As one would need to, to be a journalist, and hostess to The Weakest Link.) As a young woman, I could very much identify with her, and felt I had a friend as I turned each page.
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